Paving bids within budget for Patagonia streets

HERMITAGE — Bids came in on target to pave Sheridan and Ethel streets and Ashland Drive in Hermitage’s Patagonia section.

The low bid opened Tuesday, $138,960, was tendered by Sharon Paving and Construction, Sharpsville. Three other bids ranged from $141,742 to $202,361.

City officials set aside $156,340 for the work.

Bids will be reviewed by city engineer Herbert, Rowland and Grubic and city solicitor Thomas W. Kuster, and commissioners are expected to award a contract Aug. 27.

The project will complete the paving of streets and improvement of storm water management in Patagonia, all funded by federal Community Development Block Grants.

Feds indict Mexican man arrested on interstate

FINDLEY TOWNSHIP — A Mexican man arrested in Findley Township has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of reentry of a deported alien.

Vicente Perez-Gomez, 31, was with a 43-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy when their vehicle was stopped for a traffic violation at 11:05 a.m. Aug. 8 on Interstate 80, state police said.

None of the occupants could show proof that they were allowed to be in the United States, and they were turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, state police said.

Perez-Gomez was indicted Tuesday, said the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Pittsburgh.

Although Perez-Gomez could face up to 2 years in prison if convicted, most illegal immigrants arrested in Mercer County who are convicted of illegal reentry have been sentenced to the time they serve in jail awaiting their case to be completed, and then are turned over to immigration authorities for deportation proceedings.